Pressed-steel metal bed-lock



H. DIERKER.

PRESSED STEEL METAL BED LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1.5, 1919.

1,844,583. y Patented June 22, 1920.

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PRESSED STEEL METAL-BED LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED 050.15.1919.

1 ,344, 583 Patented June 22, 1920.

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PRESSED-fiTEEL METAL BED-LOCK.

Application fiIed December 15, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Drnnnnn, citizen of the United States, residing at Glen field, in the county of Allegheny and State 0 Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressed-Steel Metal Bed-Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to beds and particularly to a method of fastening a side bed rail to the bed post and to an improved side rail.

An object of this invention is to provide a quick and easy means for attaching a side rail to abed post and at the same time to affix the cross bar between the bed posts, and also to provide a universal attachment which may be readily and quickly attached to all different makes of beds and bed posts, and also to provide a means for reversing a side rail and an improved reversible side rail.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, the combination, the detail, and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a plan of the attachment at the bed post with the bed post in section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a partial end elevation of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail of the wedge B Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view at right angles of Fig. 4.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a pressed steel bracket A provided with an arcuate surface 2 comating the contour of the usual bed post herein designated I, which bracket is perforated at 3 to admit of the insertion of a bolt through a like perforation in the bed post I and which when the bolt J is clamped it will be obvious it will be rigidly afliXed to the bed post. Aflixed to bracket A is a cross angle beam K connecting this post thereby with the other post at the same end of the bed. The bracket A is of angular form as viewed in Fig. 3 and provided. with a channel side L to receive a bed rail N hereinafter described and also to receive a wedge D. This channel member is preferably affixed to member A by electric welding after the member A has been pressed in shape. The channel member is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1920.

Serial No. 344,837.

recessed at F and G to provide clearance for protruding portions from the cutaway angle iron N in whichever position it might rest, as for instance in an inverted position the clearance would be necessary at the respective F and G recesses. Bed rail N comprises an angle iron which ordinarily is preferably an inch and one half by two inches by one ei hth inch, the inch and one half side being the transverse side. It is cut away at H leaving only the two inch side with a slight overhang for which clearance is provided at F and G. That is to say when the one and one half inch side is at the top most position then this overhang is cared for by the recess at G and when it is in the lowermost position it is cared for by the recess at F. There is also provided in the br cket A a groove C to admit of a lug D on the wedge B which tends to lock the wedge from shaking out. lVedge B is also provided with a lug E for a convenient means of hitting it with a hammer and driving it out. As best shown in Fig. 2 after the bracket A has been aflixed to the bed post all that is necessary in assembling the side rail is to insert it into the slot at L and to drive the wedge B in place.

Claims:

1. A bed comprising a pair of angle irons with one side of said irons cut away at each end, bed posts, brackets mounted on said bed posts, said brackets being open at the end opposed from the bed post into a recess forming an inner contour substantially to the contour of the side of the said cutaway angle iron remaining as being cut away and provided with an additional recess arranged parallel with the first recess for receiving a wed e for locking said rail.

2. A bracket for holding the connecting members for bed posts comprising a piece of sheet metal bent in contour conforming to said posts and provided with a horizontal and vertical side between said post and the opposing post at the other end of the said bed, the vertical side being provided with a recess for receiving a flat bar portion of the said rail and also for receiving there beneath a wedge for locking said bcd rail in said bracket, and also provided with an auxiliary groove for receiving a lug from the wedge in looking said wedge in said bracket.

3. A bracket for holding the connecting members for bed posts comprising a piece of sheet metal bent in contour conforming to said posts and provided with a horizontal and vertical sides between said post and the opposing post at the other end of said bed, the vertical side being provided with a recess for receiving a flat bar portion of the said rail and also for receiving therebeneath a wedge for locking said bed rail in said bracket, and also provided with an auxiliary groove for receiving a lug from the wedge in looking said wedge in said bracket, and a wedge, said wedge to be inserted beneath said bed rail in locking said bed rail in position and provided with a lug for engagement by hammer in knocking it outward.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HENRY DIERKER. 

